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A. W. CANILON.

WHEEL GUARD. V APPLICATION FILED FEB. I8. l9l9.

. Patented Dec. 23,1919.

"burrs ADAM W. GAINTLON, 0F CANTON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed February 18, 1919. ScrialNo. 277,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM W. GANTLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel-Gruards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in wheel guards of the character described illustrated and claimed in my U. S. Patent No. 1,295,692 and issued February 25, 1919, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the guard may be swung laterally of the wheel when desiring to move the car along the track with a jack or pinch bar, thereby obviating the necessity of removing the guard when moving the car manually in the above named manner. 1

Another object of his invention is the provision of a wheel guard of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in View as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combinatlon, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a car illustrating a wheel guard constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the guard illustrating the ]Ol11l).

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional viewillustrating the joint taken at right angles to that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the means of pivoting the slipper to the body.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the body of a car mounted upon a truck 2 having the usual car wheels 3. The foregoing description relates to a well known construction of railway car and to which my invention is adapted to be applied.

The guard lconsists of a body portion 5 whichis curved to conform to the contour of the Wheel 3 when said guard is disposed vertically in front of the wheel and secured to the body 1. The lower end of the body portion is curved forwardly and down wardly as illustrated at 6 and has pivoted thereto the slipper or fender 7 that normally occupies the position in close proximity to the rail 8 so that obstructions on the track will be engaged by the same and thrown laterally thereof.

The upper end of the body 5 is reduced to form an extension 9 and which also forms shoulders 10 and which shoulders are dis posed on an incline as clearly shown in the drawings. The head 11 is bolted or otherwise secured to the body of the car and has its lower end bifurcated to receive the extension 9. The extension 9 is pivoted to the bifurcated end of the head 11 by means of a bolt 12 so that the body portion of the guard can be swung laterally of the wheel 3 when desired. Owing to the inclination of the shoulders 10 and the straight end.

of the body, the body portion 5 of the guard will only be permitted to beswung laterally a slight distance and which distance is sufficient to dispose the fender or slipper to one side of the wheel 3 so that a pinch bar or jack can be placed against the periphery of the wheel and the top face of the rail 8 of the track so as to move the car along the track manually.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination, and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is 1. A wheel guard comprising a body, a slipper pivoted to the lower end of said body, and a head pivoted to the upper end of the body and secured to a car so that the body may be swung laterally of a car wheel.

2. A wheel guard comprising a curved body adapted to be disposed vertically in front of a car wheel, a slipper pivoted to the lower end of the body, an extension formed upon the upper end of said body and defining shoulders, a head having a bifurcated end receiving the extension and secured to a car and means extending through the bifurcated end and extension for pivotally connecting the body to the head so that said body may be swung laterally of the car Wheel. v

3. A Wheel guard comprising a'body, a slipper pivoted to the body, an extension formed on the upper end of said body and defining a pair of shoulders, said. shoulders being disposed in an incline, ahead having bifurcated ends With straight edges receiving the extension and abutting the shoulders when the body is disposed in front of head so that said body may be swung laterally of the Wheel.

"In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 in presence of two-Witnesses.

ADAM W. CANTLON.

'Witnesses:

E. A. Boos, 0. C. CURTIS. 

